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Two years of COVID and the inhumanity of whiteness

March 13, 2022 by Shay
man putting a protective mask over mouth and nose

Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, …

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Ukraine, Nazis and us: There’s a lot to unpack in addition to wartime tragedy

March 3, 2022 by Samuel James

The footage from Ukraine just breaks your heart. The videos of everyday people picking up guns, or that one lady with the sunflower seeds? I mean, c’mon. Standing up for what you believe in? Battling a monolithic enemy against all odds? Defending your home, culture, and identity? I’m Black in America, this is my fight! …

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Telling it like it actually is

February 8, 2022 by Samuel James
white man angrily pointing a finger

Joe Rogan has been in my newsfeed for weeks. I have a lot of feelings about Joe Rogan, many of which have already been voiced by Michael Harriot, but they all seem to lead back to the same exact question: What the hell happened to white boys? Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I …

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